Chapter 833: The Disappearing Tattoo Civilization
"Do you regret it now?" In front of the firelight, Yu Tiancan curled up and looked at Jing Huaiying with a disdainful look.
Jing Huaiying's face looked exhausted, and her body was already overdrawn. The back of his hand was already a blur of flesh and blood, but at this moment, the fireworks on the palm of his hand flickered, shining on the stone wall next to him, and his eyes were full of shock.
He had a dim feeling that he was one step closer to the Prison Emperor.
The tall and sacred figure of the Prison Emperor seemed to appear on the stone wall in front of him, and in the swaying light, it seemed to nod slightly to him.
Three days ago, the last of the chief tattoos who followed them, while asleep, a poisonous centipede crawled through his nostrils, and the centipede's toxin paralyzed his nerves, and the poor chief tattoo died miserably before he could even let out a cry of pain.
In the morning, when Jing Huaiying woke up, he found that Chief Wen was still lying there motionless, and he felt bad in his heart, and when he walked in, he saw that Chief Wen's eyes had fallen deep into his sockets, and there was a sticky scarlet liquid flowing out of his nostrils, mouth and ears.
Moreover, the bodies of the centipedes that crawled out were round, and the red color was a little dazzling.
After this incident, although Jing Huaiying remained silent on the surface and did not say anything, she was terrified in her heart.
Over the next two days, the two found leopards that had been bitten to death by large insects, as well as animal bones that had been slanted into the soft ground. Some of the bones have not completely decayed.
Moreover, the weather in the West is strange and changeable. The vegetation here looks like a genetic mutation, some mushrooms grow more than a meter tall, and mice look like puppies, which makes it difficult to adapt for a while.
Yesterday, two days finally reached the destination, a huge sinkhole.
It is not an exaggeration to call this sinkhole a sinkhole well. Because it is too steep, like a well, straight up and down, the noon sun shines on the sinkhole shaft, and the well is pitch black.
In today's society, it is quite difficult to find a virgin land that humans have never set foot in.
And Westside is definitely the exception. Even in the canyon, the altitude is uneven, dangerous and dangerous, and it is difficult to find human traces.
And this shaft is a natural formation. The widest part has a diameter of more than 1,000 meters, the shape of the wellhead is irregular, the strange stones stand in a forest, the dead trees hang upside down, it looks hideous and magnificent.
It is not like a towering snow-capped mountain, it stands directly in front of people's eyes, towering and majestic, attracting countless explorers and adventurers to climb.
In contrast, the shaft is more like a Nether Mouth, leading directly to the abyss of Hell. Mysterious and sinister.
When people climb the mountain, they encounter steep peaks, and if they are timid, they can directly return halfway.
The shaft is different, when walking, if you are not careful, you will fall directly to an unknown place, and life and death are unpredictable.
Jing Huaiying looked very excited, because the revered Prison Emperor was below, in the most dangerous and closest place to hell.
Yu Tiancan kept his head and didn't say a word. Because he felt that the mountains and rocks were arrayed, and the staggered and bifurcated canyons were like veins, and the place where this patio was located was the eye of the array.
Moreover, Yu Tiancan even had a feeling that every sand and stone, grass and tree here had been integrated into this huge formation. Many of the mysteries are layer-by-layer changes, and even if the Tianyan algorithm is used, it is difficult to deduce.
Entering the array, it is even more difficult to predict what the outcome will be.
Although humanity is the primate of all things and is now ruling the planet, there are very few areas that are truly understood. Even the reason why cockroaches are able to fight off cancer is still unclear.
Moreover, the shaft is deep in the forest of the mountain valley and is not touched by humans. Therefore, it is entirely possible that there are unknown creatures here, or rather, creatures that ordinary people think are extinct.
Below the patio, either for heaven or for hell or nothing.
The two rested for four hours and replenished water and food. After recuperating enough energy, Jing Huaiying opened the backpack, was dumbfounded for a while, and scolded angrily.
It turned out that the hooks, harnesses, and ropes were all in Captain Tattoo's backpack. Some of them fell into sinkholes, some were killed by boulders, and naturally they didn't have time to take out the contents of their bags.
In the face of such a shaft, it is simply difficult to climb down with bare hands.
However, after experiencing hardships and obstacles, the two finally arrived at their destination, did they give up so lightly?
Jing Huaiying gritted her teeth, rested for another hour, recuperated her spirits, put the two pheasants she had hunted, a hare, and finally, stuffed a mouse into her backpack and loaded some edible fruits, and then discussed with Yu Tiancan how to enter the shaft.
The two of them circled around the shaft and finally chose to use an ugly rock more than three meters high as the starting point.
Jing Huaiying walked below, because the sunlight in the shaft could not shine, coupled with the impact of rain, the wall of the well was covered with green moss, wet and slippery, and it was not easy to grasp.
Jing Huaiying slowly slid down the wall of the well, while groping the road below with her feet. When encountering a difficult place, he relied on his fist to smash a fist pit, and in this way, he used his fist to carve out a road. When smashing the pit, these falling stones rarely echoed. It makes people feel that below, there is an abyss.
In such an environment, even if both of them have the same skills, they still feel small and vulnerable.
No matter how hard Jing Huaiying's fists were, she had to smash her fists out of the way with almost every step she took, and slowly her hands were bloody. Sometimes, the split rock would fall from above, and even if Jing Huaiying dodged quickly, he was still hit by the falling rock in the shoulder, and the pain spread, and half of his arm felt numb.
Finally found a platform, and the two stopped to rest.
The platform of the shaft is made of boulders falling from the mouth of the pit, which are blocked by the rocks inside the pit.
The platform chosen by Jing Huaiying not only has a foothold of less than one meter, but also is wet and slippery on it, and it will fall down and slide into the abyss if you are not careful.
After resting for more than 20 minutes, the two continued to climb downward, and there was no light below, and a flame ignited in Jing Huaiying's fist. The walls of the shaft are constantly protruding, concave, and the dark shaft twists and turns, and the rocks under the feet are ugly and changeable, some like dogs' teeth, some like the pimples on the back of a toad, and then it is pitch black and bottomless.
The two walked and stopped, moving slowly. Finally, I found a platform with a diameter of more than ten meters.
This down-to-earth feeling made Jing Huaiying and Yu Tiancan very happy.
Jing Huaiying was exhausted, stretched out her right hand, and a fire ignited on her palm.
The flame gradually amplified into a flame larger than a fist.
Jing Huaiying stared at the stone wall illuminated by the fire in her palm, pondered for a long time, raised her head suddenly, and asked, "You, what did you just say?" ”
"I said, do you regret it now?"
Yu Tiancan was tired, curled up, and felt a chill coming.
He rested for a while before he slowly opened his eyes, and through the firelight, he saw clear dents on the stone wall, and his heart was deeply shocked.
On the stone wall, which is almost 90 degrees vertical, there are cumbersome lines carved with majestic, sometimes tight, sometimes stretched.
"What to regret!" Jing Huaiying's voice sounded a little hoarse, he staggered and staggered, the flickering fire shining on the stone wall, Jing Huaiying's eyes were deeply shocked. Say, "Look...... We found the place. What kind of person and how much ability can be carved on such a steep stone wall, we didn't even notice it all the way down. ”
"In the eyes of the array, there is still a array!" Yu Tiancan muttered: "Heaven and earth are big arrays, mountains and valleys are small arrays, and sinkhole shafts are small arrays. It has long been beyond the scope of human control, and this place must have something to do with the tattoo civilization that disappeared 7,000 years ago. ”
At this moment, the flame in Jing Huaiying's hand suddenly went out.
"What's wrong?" Yu Tiancan's lips trembled, and there was some dissatisfaction in his voice. He had just become interested in the lines on the stone wall, and he saw less than a tenth of it, and it was dark in the shaft, so how could he not be angry, and more importantly, there was no flame to keep warm, and his sweat-soaked clothes were clinging to his body, and he felt even more cold and uncomfortable.
"Huh" Jing Huaiying breathed a long sigh ......of relief, and said in a hoarse voice: "To be honest, I have no strength, you let me rest for a while." ”
In the past, Jing Huaiying was rarely injured, even if she was injured, because after being reborn, her body's repair ability was far beyond ordinary people. And now, the wound on his arm has not fully healed, which can be inferred from this, how tired he really is.
When he said this, Yu Tiancan also felt even more exhausted, and his body slowly squatted on the ground.
It was pitch black all around, and nothing could be seen, and the darkness seemed to grow thicker and thicker, as if it had plunged headlong into ink.
The wheezing sound of the two of them was clearly audible, and among the thorns, there seemed to be a demon who opened his throat, and it was so oppressive that it was breathless.
Jing Huaiying suddenly screamed and shouted, "Yu Tiancan, what are you beating me for?" ”
Yu Tiancan's heart trembled, he just kicked on the ground and didn't move at all. At this moment, he suddenly felt something approaching behind the base of his ear.
"Who!" Yu Tiancan turned his head suddenly, but it was pitch black in front of him, and he couldn't see anything.
The surroundings are still so quiet that you can't hear any extra sounds.
Jing Huaiying hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Mr. Yu, wasn't it you just now?" ”
Yu Tiancan's brows furrowed, holding his breath, carefully listening to the movements in all directions.
When he came down, he could see clearly that there was no one around, and there was no place to hide people. The environment here is unique, and it is even more unlikely that the two will be followed quietly. It is impossible to say that there are any indigenous people living here, it is like a fantasy.
"How could it be me." Yu Tiancan's voice sounded a little trembling, and he slammed his hand hard, feeling very cold.
"Strange." Jing Huaiying muttered, "Could it be a falling rock?" ”
With just one sentence, silence reigned on all sides.